Clothes-clamp for bedsteads.



P. L. TAYLOR.

CLOTHES CLAMP FOR BBDSTEADS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3, 1909.

Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

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CLOTHES-CLAMP FOR BEDSTEADS.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, 1909.

Application filed June 3, 1909. Serial No. 500,014.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FANNIE L. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Tyler, in the county of Smith and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothcs- Clamps torBedsteads, of which the following is a specilication.

lily invention relates to devices for holding the bedclothes at the footof a metal bedstead, and has for its object the provision of a baradapted to lie between the mattress and the spring and provided withdetach able members to engage the spring and a bar removably secured tothe lirstmentioned bar, between which the clothes are clamped.

its is well known to housekeepers, the modern metal bedsteads have thedrawback oi. not holding the bed-clothes when tucked in at the foot ofthe bed, and the purpose of my invention is to obviate this and providemeans for holding the clothes so that they cannot be pulled out when thebed is in use.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an end view of a bedshowing my invention in use; Fig. 2, a top plan view of a fragment ofthe bed, showing the mattress and bed-clothes partly broken away and theclamp in position; Fig. 3, a detail view of the clamp; Fig. &, a detailView of the removable bar, and Fig. 5, an end view of the clamp mountedon the bed-spring bar, which is shown in section.

in the drawings similar reference characters indicate correspondingparts throughout all of the views.

A indicates a bedstead, B the bed-spring, (l the mattress, and D thebed-clothes.

As stated above, my clamp is to be used for holding the bed-clothes D atthe foot of the bed, and consists of a bar 1, equal in length to thewidth of the mattress C, and having a plurality of loops 2 securedthereto with hooks 3, pivotally secured to said loops.

t indicates screw-bolts pivotally secured to the ends of bar 1 andhaving thumb-nuts 5 mounted thereon.

(5 indicates a rod having a hole 7 in one of its ends to engage one ofthe bolts 4t and a notch S in its other end to engage the other boltwhen in a clamping position.

In use the device is secured to spring bar 1) at the foot of the bed bymeans of hooks 8, and the bolt l, being detached "from the notch 8 inrod 6, said rod is swung to one side. The bed-clothes D are then placedon red 1 and the rod 6 placed in position on the clothes so that bolt 4:engages notch 8, and the thumb-nuts 5 screwed down on the bolts so as tosecurely clamp the clothes. As the rods 1 and (l extend the full lengthof mattress C, it will be apparent that the clothes will. be securelyheld along the full width of the bed, as though tucked in, and thedanger of the clothes becoming loosened obviated.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isin combination with abed, and a spring on the bed, having a bar at its end, a clamp forholding the bed-clothes on the bed consisting of a rod having screwboltspivotally secured to its ends, another rod having a hole in one end toengage one oi the bolts auda notch in the other end to engage the otherbolt, the bed-clothes clamped between said rods, the relative positionsoi? said rods when in a clamping position being adjustable by thescrew-bolts aforesaid to accommodate ditlerent thicknesses ofbed-clothes, loops secured to one of the rods, and extending laterallyot the clamping surfaces oi? the two rods, and hooks pivotally securedto the loops and engaging the bar on the spring, substantially as shownand described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FANNIE L. TAYLOR. Witnesses NELLIE M. COOK, H. B. MARSH.

